(formerly Encyclopedic directory)
Companies
Home /
Top /
Arts /
Performing Arts /
Theatre /
Experimental /
Companies
(formerly Encyclopedic directory)
See also:
|
 |
 |
|
Insert Article
Related articles
|
|
|
|
Webmasters: Add your website here:
Readers: Edit |
Discuss Listings
tg STAN
Founded in Antwerp in 1989. Its members want to put in scene themselves, as actors, with their capacities and their failures (acknowledged) in the center of the step that they revendiquent : destruction of the theatrical illusion, naked play, contradiction and the description of the possible divergences in the rigorous play and engagement with respect to the character and of what it tells.
http://www.stan.be/en/index.html
Hotel Pro Forma
The theatre company Hotel Pro Forma is a vehicle for dramatic composition at the boundary of theatre and exhibition.
http://www.hotelproforma.dk/
Gertrude Stein Repertrory Theatre
Their goal is to re-invent the process of creating theater, from training and education to collaboration and production. They have a particular interest in international and multicultural projects, because they feel that the arts of the 21st century must be global.
http://www.gertstein.org
HERE Arts Center
An award-winning and critically acclaimed performance and art center.
http://www.here.org
Radio Hole
Performing schizophrenia for the information age.
http://www.radiohole.com/
La MaMa Theatre
Performance space in the East Village, NYC
http://www.lamama.org
Planet SITI
SITI was founded in 1992 by Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki to redefine and revitalize contemporary theater in the United States through an emphasis on international cultural exchange and collaboration.
http://www.siti.org/
The neo-futurists
The Neo-Futurists are an ensemble of artists who write, direct, and perform their own work dedicated to social, political, and personal enlightenment in the form of audience-interactive conceptual theater
http://www.neofuturists.org
Ontological+Richard.Foreman
Information concerning current and future performances at the Ontological at St. Marks Theater, which is the permanent home of Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
http://www.ontological.com/
deep ellum ensemble
Composed primarily of former Texans, founded in New York City. Work is made from plays, original ideas and various media, and includes native Southern storytelling, a capella singing and chant. Show schedule and profile provided.
http://www.deepellum.org/
Via Theatre
Brian Jucha shares his projects and archive
http://www.jucha.com
Peculiar Works Project
Offers "unusual, intelligent material for site-based performance."
http://members.tripod.com/peculiarworks
Soho Repertory Theater
producing some of the most groundbreaking theater in New York City, a "hot house" for daring, intrinsically theatrical excellence.
http://www.sohorep.org
Virtual Reality Theatre Forum
Research club attempts to use an ideal model of 'Anytime, Anywhere, and Anyone can do Theatre'.
http://www.otr.co.kr/vrt/english.htm
The Wooster Group
Theatre collective in NYC
http://www.thewoostergroup.org
Blast Theory
A group of four artists based in London who make live events for theatres, clubs, galleries and the street. The group's work confronts a media saturated world in which popular culture rules, using video and computers to ask questions about the ideologies present in the information that envelops us.
http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/
EXITheatre
Working in non-theatrical spaces, breaking away from expected traditional forms of theatre.
http://www.exitheatre.com
Woven
Experimental theatre company performs a different show each night compiled from over 60 pieces combining original movement, music and dialogue.
http://www.wovenworld.com
15 Head - a theatre lab
Non-profit, professional, experimental theatre lab in Minneapolis, MN.
http://www.15head.org
20cent Fiction
A student run production company of all trades based at Umass Dartmouth.
http://www.angelfire.com/games/20centFiction
P-Cult
An experimental theater and entertainment company of New York City artists, performers and designers specializing in pop-art and conceptual, pop-based extreme live imagery. Information about events, individual artists, picture gallery, and booking information.
http://www.pcult.com/
Teatrincorso
Trento-Italy based theatre company dedicated to multi media experimental performance theatre. The group makes live events for theatres, clubs, galleries and the street. It is working in educational and community settings. Elena Marino, Teatrincorso's director, is also writer of theatrical texts. Teatrincorso organizes the International Festival "Officine dei Teatri".
http://www.teatrincorso.com
Lucky Pierre
Chicago based performance group
http://www.luckypierre.org
LISA D
Austrian fashion designer, based in Berlin. Has been presenting numerous happenings, performances and shows, in which she tells stories in the language of fashion.
http://www.lisad.com
Stolen Chair Theatre Company
Committed to discovering new relationships between text, performers, and audiences, to exploring and exploding social mythology, and to creating a theatrical space where the familiar can give rise to the unknown.
http://www.stolenchair.org
(in parentheses)
is aNew York based company producing adaptations of contemporary literary works and original plays in theater and film. The company for us is an umbrella from the main stream culture under which we research, experiment and offer an alternative; a parenthesis embedded deeply inside the main text but structurally and definitely independent from it.
http://www.inparentheses.org
The Riot Group (UK)
produced original performance pieces which mix absurd comedy, political satire, and a unique confrontational acting style.
http://www.theriotgroup.com
New World Performance Laboratory
A Center for Theatre Creation and Research. Experimental theatre productions and workshops conducted by James Slowiak and Jairo Cuesta, former assistants to Jerzy Grotowski.
http://www.nwplab.org
Elevator Repair Service
Elevator Repair Service is a theater group based in New York City. See the schedule of upcoming shows, read what the press has to say, or get on the mailing list.
http://elevator.org
Curious Theater Branch
Curious Theater Branch. Original ideas. Original Theater. Changing the world, one imagination at a time.
http://www.curioustheaterbranch.com
Forced Entertainment
An ensemble of artists based in Sheffield, England working together since 1984 producing work in theatre, installation, digital media and film.
http://www.forced.co.uk/
Complicite (Theatre Company)
This site has information on Complicite's current and forthcoming productions, education work (projects and teaching) and a complete archive of Complicite productions with photos and reviews.
http://www.complicite.org
Global Village Idiot Productions (GVIP)
Home page for Global Village Idiot Productions (GVIP) dedicated to the creation and staging of original experimental theatrical works.
http://www.drawpinky.com/idiot/default.htm
Performance Space 122 - NYC
a not-for-profit arts center serving the New York City dance and performance community. P.S.122 is committed to supporting the development of work by individual artists who create live art with an authentic vision. It is fully dedicated to finding, developing, and bringing to the public eye artistic creations from a diversity of cultures, points of view, ages, and sexual orientations.
http://www.ps122.org
The Theater Gallery
Information on an interdisciplinary performance company in Minneapolis, MN USA. The Gallery creates original work with texts comprised of the poetry and prose of past and living poets, and performed by dancers and movement actors, live musicians and visual artists.
http://www.theatergallery.com
Ash Girl Productions
NYC based theatre company dedicated to new and uncommon work.
http://www.ashgirl.com/
UNI Theatre
Artist run company focused on developing, exploring and producing thought-provoking expressive theatre works. Ontario, Canada.
http://uni-theatre.freeyellow.com/
C&T - it stands for more than theatre
A United Kingdom-based theatre company working in educational and community settings, combining New Technology and participation.
http://www.worc.ac.uk/candt/candt/
HamFisted!
A company based in Birmingham, UK, that creates new live theatre, performance art and cross disciplinary arts locally, and tours on a regional and national basis. History of the company, fanzine with biographies and pictures, and information about current projects.
http://freespace.virgin.net/johnny.ohanlon/
Laboratory Theater
Experimental theater company under the direction of Yvan Greenberg, bringing radical approaches through movement, text, sound, and video. News, projects and history.
http://www.laboratorytheater.org/
Axis Company
Greenwich Village, New York.
http://www.axiscompany.org
Big Art Group
An NYC performance company, formed in 1998 by Caden Manson, aggressively attacking the boundaries of performance though its explorations with structure, medium and process.
http://www.bigartgroup.com
Collective Unconcious
An art collective, performance space, and theatrical venue administered by a confederation of 14 member-artists from various disciplines. C:U is committed to providing low-cost, high-value entertainment in the Lower East Side, and supporting the production of new material in the performing arts.
http://www.weird.org
Dixon Place
A non-profit organization providing a venue for literary and performing artists to present new works in live performances.
http://www.dixonplace.org/
konic thtr
Konic Thtr can be defined as a label for the production and realisation of artistic projects using interactive technology. Interactions body-sound-light and image, where the public will finish or modify the process that the authors initially proposed.
http://www.koniclab.info
One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre
An adult oriented performance theatre company based in the Arts Centre in Calgary Alberta Canada.
http://www.oyr.org
Intersection for the Arts
One San Francisco's original venues for new works in Theatrical, Literary, and Performing Arts. This site showcases all of the upcoming and current happenings.
http://www.theintersection.org/
Dr Jerungdu and the Jerungdu Theater Company
Go to Jerungdu Theatre for satire, artrock, fringe & avantgarde.
http://www.jerungdu.com/
proto-type: theatre, media, insanity
NYC based multi-disciplinary performance company that combines video, theatre, music, and installation to create vivid live events relevant to people from all walks of life.
http://www.proto-type-home.com
Irondale Ensemble Project
An experimental/research theater ensemble. Information on productions, education, library, newsletters, funding, links and contacts.
http://www.irondale.org/
Reverend Billy's Church of Stop Shopping
A comic political site that hopes to resist the destruction of neighborhoods by malls and chaines stores.
http://revbilly.com
Kee Company
Founded in 1996 by Canadian theatre artist Colleen Lanki, this Tokyo based theatre company does original, multilingual productions blending different theatrical styles and traditions.
http://www.keecompany.net
theater et al
creating visual, culturally diverse performances since 1997, theater et al combines world-premiere adaptations of neglected works (often in new translation) with an aggressive mix of movement, image, sound and music--seeking to reimagine the art of theatrical storytelling, on an epic scale, for a contemporary audience.
http://www.theateretal.org
Undermain Theatre
An ensemble of artists committed to providing our community with innovative, thought-provoking, professional theater.
http://www.undermain.com
Dogtroep
dutch theatre group DOGTROEP, plays on location, experimental, national and international.
http://www.dogtroep.nl/
Uninvited Guests
A United Kingdom/German live art company based in Bristol, England. Dedicated to making innovative collaborative work which challenges the boundaries between art-forms and opens live and digital work to new audiences.
http://www.uninvited-guests.net/
The East Village Experimental Theatre Company
A Philadelphia based company that is dedicated to developing interdisciplinary, multi-media, collaborative works that integrate visual, performing, and media arts in live performances, film, video, audio, and site specific events.
http://EastVillageETC.org
The LIDA Project Experimental Theatre Company
Experimental theatre company based in Denver Colorado
http://lida.org/
The Fat House
Leicester, UK; produce devised performance work which avoids the constriction of a director or 'outside eye'.
http://www.angelfire.com/celeb/fathouse
127.0.0.1
nyc performance art group with monthly open improv sessions, assembling content for web-based streaming productions to launch Fall 2001
http://www.purplefrog.com/~pink
The Builders Association
Creates large-scale theater projects exploring the interface between live performance and media. Work re-animates theater for a contemporary audience, using current tools to interpret old forms. Productions combine historic and new texts with performance, sound, video, and architectural sets to create a world onstage which reflects contemporary culture
http://www.thebuildersassociation.org/
Collapsable Giraffe
Williamsburg performance group.
http://www.collapsablegiraffe.org/
WaxFactory
An international group of artist dedicated to exploring a multiplicity of theatrical visions.
http://www.waxfactory.org
The Collection Agency
A performance ensemble that focuses on the creation of bold new works and adaptations. Works in a broad range of styles, forms, and media, with original projects that range from the "standard" straight drama to the "cutting edge" of performance art. Based in New York City.
http://www.geocities.com/thecollectionagency
Horse Trade Theater Group
Encompasses Kraine Theater, St. Marks Theater, and Red Room Theater in NYC: includes calendar, upcoming season, reservation and rental information.
http://www.httheater.com/
I 80 Drama Company
Group of actors, directors, designers, and administrators collectively exploring the American landscape through theater.
http://www.i80drama.org
Tomee Theatre Company
Established in 1982. Experimental theatre, theatre education, drama research. History, education, productions.
http://www.tomeetheatre.com
Richard Maxwell and the New York City Players
The company strives to bring new forms of theater and performance to the public and to advance public awareness of live theater and further public understanding of theater practices including script-writing, actor processes and directing techniques.
http://www.nycplayers.org
feeT oF claY
feeT oF claY is an ensemble of stage artists from separate walks of life and training. Formed in 2000, feeT oF claY has accepted a charge to show the extremes of life without filter and with creativity.
http://www.feetofclay.org
Rachel Rosenthal Company
Performer Rachel Rosenthal teaches her performance technique DbD (Doing by Doing) that integrates text, movement, voice, choreography, improvisation, inventive costuming, dramatic lighting and sets.
http://www.rachelrosenthal.org
SohoThinkTank
SOHO THINK TANK strengthens, nurtures and promotes an aesthetically and culturally diverse community of independent theatre artists and theatre companies, by producing, presenting, and programming new work at the Ohio Theater, in Soho
http://www.sohothinktank.org
Akari Morpheus Kollaborationz Inc.
multi media experimental performance theatre , non-profit artists resource and community outreach project
http://www.geocities.com/akarimorph
3 Legged Dog
is a non-profit media and theater group producing new, original works in theater, performance, media and hybrid forms. 3-Legged Dog's mission is to explore the new narrative possibilities created by technology, to examine the braided realities of language and structure, to foster self-expression and skill in young artists through practical educational initiatives, and to provide an environment for artists to excel across a range of disciplines.
http://www.3leggeddog.org
Nao Dada Baba
Documentation of live projects 1993-2001 including Genetic Wake, 9 adaptations from the novel Finnegans Wake; Glasgow Weekend, a curated programme of Urban Context performance and art at London Foundry; and Foundry/Dom London/Moscow Cultural Exchange programme.
http://invisible.gq.nu
Temporary Distortion
presenting unique nonlinear combinations of text, image, and sound...creating strange new theatrical experiences.
http://www.temporarydistortion.com
SCIATTO
As a group for stage action and a laboratory of architectural planning, Sciatto looks at social and urban borderlines as the last field for artistic performances.
http://www.ecn.org/sciattoproduzie/
International WOW Company
Founded in 1996 by American director Josh Fox and a diverse group of theatre and dance artists from the United States, Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia, who met as participants of the Bangkok-Berlin-Bali Rendezvous of Arts Festival in Bangkok, Thailand.
http://www.internationalwow.org
Tornado Theatre
Broadcasting unique live shows over the Internet using a revolutionary 360-degree streaming video system. Visit the site to watch shows, contribute ideas, read about the artists or chat with fellow Tornado enthusiasts. It's online entertainment with a twist!
http://www.tornadotheatre.com
Beyond the Proscenium Productions
A non-profit theatre company, presents works to "challenge the imagination and boundaries of both artists and audiences."
http://BeyondTheProscenium.org
DADAnewyork
Founded in 1986 by the late John W. Wilson (an original Joffrey Ballet member and DADA scholar), the company is comprised of artists hailing from diverse backgrounds ranging from Broadway to Barnum & Bailey, from Samuel Beckett to The Living Theatre, from jazz to classical music. This collective palette of training and experience makes for a wild and nearly limitless canvas.
http://pws.prserv.net/dadanewyork
The Grassmarket Project, Edinburgh
The Grassmarket Project's aim is to provide new theatre, which combines the raw truth of life with technical excellence. We believe that truth is more important than fiction, and that ordinary people and their experiences can form the basis of powerful theatre. Edinburgh, Scotland.
http://www.gmp-theatre.demon.co.uk/main.html
Mabou Mines
Mabou Mines is an avant-garde theater company emphasizing the creation of new theater pieces from original texts and the theatrical use of existing texts staged from a specific point of view. Established in 1970 and based in New York City.
http://www.maboumines.org
the industrial theatre co
Official site of a Bombay-based theatre company that aims to discover and popularize alternative spaces for theatre. Founded by Pushan Kripalani, Rehaan Engineer, Karan Makhija, and Nadir Khan.
http://www.geocities.com/industrialtheatreco
Michael Sakamoto - Butoh Dance Theater
Background information, repertoire, calendar, press and clips.
http://www.geocities.com/michaelsakamoto/
Funkopolis
Ensemble focused on the creation of original work, and dedicated to redefining the relationship between actor, director, designer, technician, and artist.
http://www.members.tripod.com/~funkopolis/
The Independent Eye
A California-based touring company producing original work for stage and radio.
http://www.independenteye.org
|
|
